Alex Albon gives insight on his qualifying performance

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12:07, 26 May 2024

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Alex Albon had a great qualifying session in Monaco. He will start the race in ninth place after making Q3. Williams will be hoping for points in Monaco after having a difficult start to the season, and are the only pointless team alongside Kick Sauber in 2024. After the session, Albon explained exactly why Williams was able to extract a bit more performance out of his car in qualifying.

Speaking in the paddock, Albon said that Williams has more opportunities in Monaco as their weight weakness isn't exposed. "The weight. This is, on paper, this track is the least-weight penalising track of the year. I think Monza's the most and here's the least, so it makes it a fairer game around here. Also, just the DNA, the base car has changed a lot from last year. If you think about the areas we tried to focus on, it was low-speed tight corners, which is exactly what this track is," said Albon, who has just secured his long-term future with Williams.

Albon continued: "Weight's not that easy to lose. At least it isn't for us, so we've got some work to do to try to shake it off, but we've known that. We know our deltas every weekend when we compare where we are to where we could have been, but it is a could have, we do need to fix some parts and try to not be overweight, because I think we could have performances like this a little bit more often."

Albon out qualifies Sargeant again:

Logan Sargeant was once again out-qualified by his teammate. Albon explained why Sargeant was struggling compared to himself in Monaco. He stated that he has a new rear wing, and Sargeant doesn't. Albon hopes part deficits can stop affecting Williams later on in the season. "It's not something that we want. The good thing is we will have one ready for, we'll use this, we'll have a rear wing ready for Barcelona and Hungary, I believe."

Pos.	Driver	Team	Points
1	Kimi Antonelli Kimi Antonelli	MercedesMER	156
2	Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton	FerrariFER	115
3	George Russell George Russell	MercedesMER	106
4	Charles Leclerc Charles Leclerc	FerrariFER	75
5	Lando Norris Lando Norris	McLarenMCL	73
6	Oscar Piastri Oscar Piastri	McLarenMCL	70
7	Max Verstappen Max Verstappen	Red Bull RacingRBR	55
8	Isack Hadjar Isack Hadjar	Red Bull RacingRBR	37
9	Pierre Gasly Pierre Gasly	AlpineALP	32
10	Liam Lawson Liam Lawson	Racing BullsRCB	28
11	Franco Colapinto Franco Colapinto	AlpineALP	19
12	Oliver Bearman Oliver Bearman	HaasHAA	18
13	Arvid Lindblad Arvid Lindblad	Racing BullsRCB	14
14	Carlos Sainz Carlos Sainz	WilliamsWIL	6
15	Alexander Albon Alexander Albon	WilliamsWIL	5
16	Esteban Ocon Esteban Ocon	HaasHAA	3
17	Gabriel Bortoleto Gabriel Bortoleto	AudiAUD	2
18	Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso	Aston MartinAST	1
19	Nico Hulkenberg Nico Hulkenberg	AudiAUD	0
20	Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas	CadillacCAD	0
21	Sergio Perez Sergio Perez	CadillacCAD	0
22	Lance Stroll Lance Stroll	Aston MartinAST	0

Alex Albon gives insight on his qualifying performance

Albon out qualifies Sargeant again:

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